(a) A certified copy of the judgment in a proceeding to declare heirship may be:
(1) filed for record in the office of the county clerk of the county in which any real property described in the judgment is located;
(2) recorded in the deed records of that county; and
(3) indexed in the name of the decedent who was the subject of the proceeding as grantor and in the names of the heirs named in the judgment as grantees.
(b) On the filing of a judgment in accordance with Subsection (a), the judgment constitutes constructive notice of the facts stated in the judgment.
Official text of the Texas Estates Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.